maser
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From MASER, acronym of microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Noun edit
maser (plural masers)
- (physics) a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems
- (astronomy) Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method
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beam of microwaves
Etymology 2 edit
See mazer.
Noun edit
maser (countable and uncountable, plural masers)
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maser
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Inflection of maser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maser | maserit | ||
genitive | maserin | maserien masereiden masereitten | ||
partitive | maseria | masereita masereja | ||
illative | maseriin | masereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maser | maserit | ||
accusative | nom. | maser | maserit | |
gen. | maserin | |||
genitive | maserin | maserien masereiden masereitten | ||
partitive | maseria | masereita masereja | ||
inessive | maserissa | masereissa | ||
elative | maserista | masereista | ||
illative | maseriin | masereihin | ||
adessive | maserilla | masereilla | ||
ablative | maserilta | masereilta | ||
allative | maserille | masereille | ||
essive | maserina | masereina | ||
translative | maseriksi | masereiksi | ||
abessive | maseritta | masereitta | ||
instructive | — | maserein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Anglo-Norman macer.
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maser
- Alternative form of macer
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.
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maser (plural masers)
- A maple bowl or cup, often with metal inlay; a mazer.
- The wood of the maple tree or similar wood.
- (rare, surgery) An artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries
- (rare) The maple tree (Acer campestre)
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- “māsē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
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maser
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maser n (plural masere)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
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màsēr m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀се̄р)